Colonising Te Whanganui a Tara and marketing Wellington, 1840-1849 : displaying (dis)possession / by Patricia Thomas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomas, Patricia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wellington (N.Z.)-History.

Wellington (N.Z.)--History.

Wellington (N.Z.).

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publisher, [2019]

Summary:

This book examines the advertising posters, town plans and geographical views that encouraged middle-class emigration to New Zealand in the 1840s. It explores how the New Zealand Company exploited visual literacy to advertise its settlement in Te Whanganui ā Tara Wellington. A tale of two towns, prospective English settlers looked to Wellington to make their homes, while Te Whanganui ā Tara was already home to numerous Māori sub-tribes. The book explores the worlds of each to ask how the images produced by the New Zealand Company were complicit in transferring Māori land into English ownership. Not seeking blame, it works instead to understand, and investigates processes of redress, offering hope for a post post-colonial future in Aotearoa New Zealand. This book will interest scholars and students of migration, visual culture and print history.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part One

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Part Two

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Colour Centrefold

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Appendix I

Appendix II

Glossary

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

1-5275-4310-2

OCLC:

1183030531